2l8 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



think that other things being equal individual success will be 

 most nearly taken care of by a man learning to do some work 

 which he is willing to do, and likes to do, and which he does 

 in the best manner possible. I met an individual some few 

 weeks ago who was very much disappointed. He says : " I 

 can't get anything to do." I said : " What would you like 

 to do?" He said: "Show me something by which I can 

 make some money quickly." I pointed out to him various 

 kinds of work that he could do, and he says : " I can't do any 

 of those things ; I don't like to work. I want money." Now 

 that is far from being the proper spirit. The farmer's boy 

 comes up under auspicious circumstances so far as this matter 

 of work is concerned. All things with which he is surrounded 

 make him a good worker. He gets up in the morning. He 

 goes out to the barn and feeds the horses and pigs and various 

 other kinds of live stock. Gets his pair of horses ready to 

 work. Goes back into the house and eats a hasty breakfast, 

 and then says : " Father, which field today ? " He finds out 

 what is wanting to be done, and he goes to his work as a matter 

 of course. The next day he does the same thing. The habit 

 of work becomes established with him. The habits of work 

 are instilled in him that are far different from those which are 

 instilled in any other type of individual. Think of the boy 

 who grows up in the city. Can you think of him getting up 

 in the morning to do those things ? He would be likely to get 

 up at seven or eight o'clock, perhaps nine o'clock, and wonder 

 what he was going to do to pass the time during the day until 

 night comes. Nothing but play largely ; not altogether, but in 

 the main that conveys a fair idea of the way he passes his time. 

 How is it possible for a boy trained up under such circum- 

 stances to become accustomed to a habit of industry, without 

 which success is almost impossible.'* An instance came to my 

 knowledge a year or so ago which well illustrated this. Two 

 boys came from college who had grown up in the city and who 

 had been on the nine and in the football team. They were 

 healthy, strong, able-bodied men. Their father had suffered 

 losses in business, and they were forced to give up their home. 

 One of these boys came to my room, where he was often fond 

 of being, and he says : " I don't know what I will do now. 

 We have lost everything. I wouldn't care, but I don't know 

 how to care for father and mother. They are old." Imagine 



